tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528270180049100451.post3942422181875640546..comments2023-10-29T04:02:52.571-07:00Comments on Middle School Teacher to Literacy Coach: Text-to-Text Minilesson with Smart Board Examplemiddleschoolteachertoliteracycoachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02723130657428914024noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528270180049100451.post-17726275662142959862013-11-11T11:24:16.883-08:002013-11-11T11:24:16.883-08:00Kasey,
I love your blog! I just discovered it and...Kasey,<br /><br />I love your blog! I just discovered it and have found so much wisdom and so many great ideas. I am a nine year teacher, but the first eight were in third and fourth grades and now I am in sixth. Trying to figure out how to teach ELA the way I feel is right--the way it is done in elementary school--has been challenging to implement in sixth grade. I am reading as much as I can and continually finding new ideas. Your blog is a life saver. Thanks so much for the brilliance!<br /><br />One question for you. I'm not sure if this is asking too much (it might be!!) but I was wondering if you could send me/give me an idea of your daily lesson structure/units/lesson plan template...i am just wondering how often it is writer's workshop, how often it is reader's workshop, how often and how long the guided groups are, etc. I am trying to structure my time the best I can and I think my brain works a lot like yours! (Except you have many more ideas than I do right now!) <br /><br />Thanks for any help/templates/schedules you can give. I truly appreciate it and can't wait to hear back from you :) <br /><br />Have a wonderful week. <br /><br />Ashley<br />A_spence@ymail.comAshley Spencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00234565335873117010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528270180049100451.post-4853154783246544932013-11-08T04:50:33.919-08:002013-11-08T04:50:33.919-08:00Hey Laurel,
Great to hear from you! It sounds li...Hey Laurel,<br /><br />Great to hear from you! It sounds like great things are happening in your classroom, and that you're making the best out of the short time period that you have with students! So happy that this minilesson could be combined with an idea that you already had! It's also awesome to know that you like the extra step with students during the minilesson. I always find that providing that extra scaffold helps them take more ownership of the lesson and access it independently at a higher level.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Kaseymiddleschoolteachertoliteracycoachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02723130657428914024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528270180049100451.post-75439584838671295632013-11-07T15:16:53.862-08:002013-11-07T15:16:53.862-08:00Hi Kasey! Thanks for this timely freebie! I am g...Hi Kasey! Thanks for this timely freebie! I am going to apply it to informational text articles that we are reading, all of which sort of have the common thread of the power of love in helping people overcome extreme adversity. Recently, we compared informational texts that had a common central idea and I found that I lacked a graphic organizer to support the student. We had used post-its and I liked it, but I could combine the post-its with this and have them write longer off the post-it. I love that you brainstormed ways to connect texts with the class. That extra step you take always sets you apart from many others whose blogs I read. Still trying to do guided reading in an all too short class period (35 minutes)....thanks again! <br />Laurel Laurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07029620441147742395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528270180049100451.post-84864170240279067892013-11-06T18:36:18.866-08:002013-11-06T18:36:18.866-08:00I use the CCSS and The Continuum of Literacy Learn...I use the CCSS and The Continuum of Literacy Learning for ideas of skills and strategies appropriate for 8th grade students. From there I use the formula, "Readers _________ so that ___________" to make the minilesson statements.middleschoolteachertoliteracycoachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02723130657428914024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528270180049100451.post-23725303853227597782013-11-06T18:25:52.887-08:002013-11-06T18:25:52.887-08:00Nice job! So where do you get your mini-lesson ide...Nice job! So where do you get your mini-lesson ideas?Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07257772241442581871noreply@blogger.com